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techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
> It’s a pretty bold metaphysical assumption that the universe is undesigned and purposeless

Nah, IMO it's much more "bold" to assume that the universe is designed and has a purpose.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
related: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/08/rotten-stem-how-t...
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
If Facebook likes this idea, I have some more amazing research programs they might be interested in. \s
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
It's almost like half of the island revolted against slavery and has been attacked and robbed for it ever since.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
Colonizers still gonna get paid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_debt_of_Haiti
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
HN is generally 10 years behind on crypto news.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
It's recycled nazi propaganda:

"Cultural Bolshevism (German: Kulturbolschewismus), sometimes referred to specifically as art Bolshevism, music Bolshevism or sexual Bolshevism, was a term widely used by Nazi German-sponsored critics to denounce modernist and progressive movements in the culture... Cultural Marxism is a contemporary variant of the term which is used to refer to the far-right antisemitic Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. This variant of the term was used by far-right terrorist Anders Breivik in the introductory chapter of his manifesto."

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Bolshevism
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
The top voted comment is some guy saying that he knows a few romance languages and he isn't bothered by gendered pronouns. That's the depth of HN.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
This website is a stellar example of white tech bro culture, especially threads like this. Guaranteed toxic AF.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
>All we've seen is regression

That's what happens when you only look at Stripe. smh.

Pretty sure every major financial institution is buying crypto because it's obviously superior to the dying and corrupt printer and fax system.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
You're describing authoritarianism which is inherently right-wing. Both Hitler and Stalin were anti-democratic right-wingers.

The left-wing has always been anti-authoritarian.

A better comparison would be like Hitler versus Emma Goldman.
techbrobane
·5 years ago·discuss
This is an ahistorical and backwards analogy. Historically the left/right political divide goes back to the French revolution where the rights side of their parliament supported the monarchy and the left opposed. From this perspective AI would seem more centralized, authoritarian, and right-wing, while open networks are more democratic, distributed, and left-wing.